Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down 0.73% at Wednesday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,423.97 points on Wednesday, down 0.73% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,433.86 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 10.46 points from Tuesday's close of 1,434.43 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,790.50 by market close, up from $1,789.85 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $75.51 per barrel with a 2.6% gain as of 6.58 p.m. local time (1558GMT).